To go back to this house?

[trapped2019]

We're trying to move house.

I hate where I live.

We've sold ours and found somewhere that we thought was perfect.

Got survey done, arranged removals, almost got to exchange etc. Then we went back for another viewing to measure up.

The vendor was starting to remove fixtures and fittings, things were broken and dirty.

We pulled out.

Since then, we have found nothing else. Nothing.

The vendor of that house put it back on the market and sold it last week.

Would it be even worth our time going back to them?

We could complete in a week and I know the vendor has already bought his new place so is paying two mortgages. He could move much more quickly with us than with his new buyers. Would that count?

I can't sleep for worrying about this. I'm in tears at thought of being trapped in our current home.

Help!

This is ridiculous,

1. Do not lose your buyer, do not let them down and lose a sale.
2. No you cannot go back to the other seller and hope he will ditch his s sale, imoral and stupid
3. Take a 6 month let and look at your leisure. You will be an ideal buyer
4. Grow up and be responsible.
5. It is not the only house, get over it both of you

How would you possibly expect the buyer you dropped to be interested. You have had zero viewers but "due to Brexit" Oh get off the bandwagon

"We're just going to keep looking. If our buyers walk, we'll sell it again."

That's right. You've walked away from your purchase and now you're risking losing your buyers. Cue another angry rant blaming the world in a few months when you can't sell. All because you're inflexible on renting. Inflexible in general. And have form for making bad decisions and not learning.

The buyer you have now may not be interested when you find a house in 6 or 12 months time.

You should find a super rental. This “dead money” argument is a bit old fashioned in this climate. People have property for years and make a loss on it. That’s “dead money” I also.

You have to live somewhere.

Do you have children? I wouldn’t want to live on a crack estate. Not many would. You’ve found someone who doesn’t mind, you should be snatching their hand off.

@Confusedbeetle

Dropped a buyer? Zero views? Where are you getting that from?

First time I have posted, but this thread is far too amusing not to. The key question remains: how much dog shit?

I really want to know the breed. Up thread was a poster username 5shelties or similar. Been thinking they
May know something . .

Renting isn't dead money. In this situation, it will buy you the time you need to find the ideal property and put you in a far stronger position as a buyer. Since the first house we bought became an absolute farce because of the ridiculous chain we have always sold before buying and we've favoured unencumbered buyers over those reliant on chains. The rent we pay has generally been significant;y less than the sum of the interest we would be paying on a mortgage and the interest we can get on the capital from our sold home as we tend to rent smaller than we would buy. Doing it this way has given us much more freedom to maximise our money and get a home we're really happy with.

Fucking about with buying from someone who will destroy a home between accepting an offer and completing has the potential to be a lot more costly than the additional moving costs.

And that's without mentioning how vile gazumping is.

Heron - I deny all knowledge of removing kitchens, collapsing floors and mountains of dog shit

I do have one Sheltie, but I have had five over the years - only one at a time though.

trapped2019 I was assuming that your current neighbours have been so well trained to cope with unusual behaviour that they would miss you if you moved lol

I’m not sure why I am giving you this advice because you actually sound like a nightmare buyer and vendor.

But complete on your house and move into rented.
or don’t because actually it’s be karma if you held out, your buyers fucked off at the 11th leaving you up shit creek and you don’t find another buyer at the price you want

I have been reading pages and pages waiting to see a bit of sex

I then realised the thread title ISNT 'should I go back to his house'

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If house prices fall after Brexit you might be able to get a better house for your budget. You could work the market by selling now and waiting to see what happens. Alternatively your house might go down in value in the next few months if you don't sell to the buyers you have.

That would make it worth renting.

withall

fiveshelties - understood. Hope you understand my suspicion there. Although even 5 shelties probably wouldn’t have produced the unimaginable amounts described by op.
Lovelymlooking dogs by the way just googled.

ConfusedBeetle, your name is apt. It isn't OP who mentioned having zero viewers due to Brexit.

This thread is madness

withall - when I clicked on the thread I thought it was 'going back to HIS house' too!

Heron - no, I did think I was starting to look suspicious!

@withall
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You need to move on. Nothing about moving house is easy. Nothing.

I’ve been there, pulled out of a house purchase after going back to measure up and realizing the place needed far more work that we thought.

I’ve also bought somewhere I loved, moved in and hated it. I thought it was our long term home but we ended up selling again after 18 months. It just didn’t work out and that’s ok.

Ultimately you need to make a decision to go ahead with your sale and move somewhere temporary until you find somewhere perfect. Or hang where you are. Stay a few months and start again.

You will get there.

Try to find another house in the desired area or even rent somewhere while you are looking. That's what I would do. You'll be in a good position to buy with nothing to sell and you will be able to afford to wait a bit for a house.

Good luck!

As if someone with a six figure deposit would choose to live where drug users fight outside their home rather than rent in a much nicer area.

I can believe if we
Imagine someone with 6 figure savings living in area with druggies etc. I live in central London. Houses on my street are 4-9 million at moment plus there is housing association and private rental and charity rental houses and flats. As so many areas in London it’s really mixed socioeconomically - we have a drug rehab centre and needle exchange on next street plus busy thriving Community centre and state school.
So that may be the one thing I can believe, if true, about this post which seems mostly to me to be unbelievable (sorry op but it just doesn’t hang together and levels of drama and self pity seem made up !).

I can't believe you would rather stay where you hate it, lose your buyers all because 'renting is dead money'

This is a wind up surely!